He’s not in the yard. My chest grows tight, and I run down the block, calling for him. What will he do if he is lost? He’s only five.
To See a World by Kerry Cohen
Category: Creative Nonfiction
A Mother’s Guide to Leukemia and Its Aftermath by Cindy Winetroub Rogers
It’s true what they say. It’s rarely good when your phone rings after midnight.
The 18-Minute Rule Throws Jimmy Pro For A Loop In Gotham City by William C. Crawford
Jimmy unleashed his usual slick card swipe, but as he glided into his infamous turnstile roll things turned to shit in a hurry.
After I Glimpse the Phenomenal Blurb on Page 153 by Charnell Peters
We move to page 154. The walls moan like a grandmother who has walked up too many steps. Then they settle back into their braces. No one else seems to feel the shift…
Rhythm by Isaac Yuen
I discovered truth one day during my seventh shot with a tennis ball machine, as imparted by a one-handed topspin backhand. At the time no thought was given…
The Fortuneteller by Eileen O’Connor
The woman jaywalking toward my side of the street is slight, with stooped shoulders and a bent back. Her wiry neck branches into collarbones so sharp that they resemble a wire hanger…
California by Amanda Fletcher
I run my mother’s old engagement ring along its chain around my neck. Back and forth in the absentminded way I have been doing since I strung it there last month.
After the Accident by Kathleen Boyle
You have to use the other hand, your left hand. Everything is different…
Like a Riverbank by Travis Truax
You write out of Montana now—with July’s still-snowy mountains. You are led up and down a scrambled map, open prairie, the bluest lakes, the sharpest peaks…
Eavesdropping by Susan Lilley
…your dad put on a Bossa nova record and the other dads clustered by the stereo, talking about vacations, real estate, cars, baseball, their icy old-fashioneds jingling like tambourines.
